SINGAPORE, Oct 24 (AFP): World oil prices fell for the third straight day in Asia today, pulling back further from record highs reached last week. Dealers said worries about slowing economic growth have pushed aside fears about tensions between Turkey...
BRUSSELS (AFP): Major industrialised countries announced plans Tuesday for a new anti-counterfeiting pact as they seek to clamp down on money-spinning piracy in global trade. The European Union, the United States and Japan all announced separately that they wanted to...
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (PTI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said the World Bank should not reduce its financial assistance to India even though the country has been recording impressive growth figures. "Yes you see 9 percent growth but then you...
JAKARTA, Oct 24 (AFP): Indonesia is set to enter the "next stage" of its export recovery, 10 years after the 1997 Asian financial crisis crushed its once-formidable export growth, the country's trade minister said. In an interview with AFP this...
TOKYO, Oct 24 (AFP): Japan's trade surplus in September jumped 62.7 per cent from a year earlier on strong exports of automobiles and lower imports of oil, the government said today. The surplus came to 1,637.8 billion yen (14.3 billion...
CHIBA, Japan, Oct 24 (AFP): Zany concept vehicles, fuel efficient hybrids and muscular supercars vied for attention as the Tokyo Motor Show opened today with Japanese automakers eager to revive moribund domestic sales. From bubble-shaped vehicles of the future to...
BEIJING, Oct 24 (AFP): China has become less willing to cooperate with the United States in some intellectual property areas after US complaints at the World Trade Organisation, a senior US official said today. Jon Dudas, under secretary of commerce...
SHANGHAI, Oct 24 (AFP): China's yuan broke through the psychologically crucial 7.5 level to the US dollar for the first time in today morning trading, according to government data. The central bank set the yuan central parity rate at a...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (AFP): Malaysia may scrap its remaining capital controls, introduced during the 1997 financial crisis, and allow offshore trading of the ringgit, the central bank chief said. Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told the New Straits...
Bangladesh National Football team left the city Wednesday afternoon for Bangkok en route to Tajikistan with a high hope to win the away match of the 2010 World Cup pre-qualifiers against the hosts in Dushanbe, reports UNB.The team comprises 18...
Sri Lanka have landed in Australia in a buoyant mood and are confident of posting their first Test win in the country during the two-match series. Despite losing a one-day contest to England already this month, Mahela Jayawardene, the captain,...
Raihan scalped seven wickets for 16 runs as Golden Age Club outplayed Winsum Cricket Academy by 146 runs in the 3rd Division Qualifying Cricket League at the Gulshan Youth Club Ground in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Sent into bat first,...
KIEV, Oct 24 (AFP): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was a happy man Tuesday night after his side's big stars shone brightly to extinguish Dynamo Kiev's Champion's League aspirations with a 4-2 away victory.Midfield maestro Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice...
A seven-member Bangladesh team leaves the city this afternoon (Thursday) to take part in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tourney to be held October 27-28 in Hong Kong, reports UNB.Due to their participation in the Hong Kong meet, the selected...
The 1st Invitational District Women Handball Championship, organised by Tetulia Upazila Sports Association and supported by Bangladesh Handball Federation, begins today (Thursday) in Panchagarh, reports UNB.Deputy Commissioner of Panchagarh Mohammad Hafiz Uddin will formally inaugurate the championship.Women handball teams from...
MUNICH, Oct 24 (AFP): Bayern Munich will be without France midfielder Franck Ribery and Italian striker Luca Toni for Thursday's UEFA Cup trip to Red Star Belgrade.Ribery has been hampered by a hamstring problem sustained in Saturday's 2-1 league victory...
Saiful KaiserPakistan won the third ODI at Faisalabad but it took some doing. The trick was to first get the opposition out for a manageable sum. This they did when the restricted South Africa to 197 all out in 49.2...
Bangladesh play strong Uzbekistan today (Thursday) in their 4th Group D match of the AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers at the Military Physical Education Centre Stadium in Abu Dhabi, reports UNB.Bangladesh already quit from the race after they suffered a humiliating...
Tokai Stadium team crushed Tokai Paltan team by 82-23 points with six creditable `lona' in the opening match of the Orient Bread Tokai Kabaddi competition at the Outer Stadium Kabaddi Court in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.In the day's other...
LONDON, Oct 24 (AFP): Arsenal gave Arsene Wenger the perfect birthday present as they produced a sensational display to thrash Slavia Prague 7-0 in the Champions League Tuesday.Wenger turned 58 on Monday but the Gunners manager had insisted the only...
Alexis Xydias and Michael TsangJust when many investors are acknowledging the sudden swoon of U.S. stocks as the sign of a market top, some of Europe's biggest money managers are anticipating a profit rebound for American companies and slowing earnings...
Michael DwyerThe U.S. isn't the only country watching jobs and manufacturing migrate to China. Increasingly, so are China's closest neighbours. The nation is reducing its reliance on imports from the rest of Asia as it makes more of the higher-value-added...
Paul TaylorMOBILE phones are about to become the simplest and quickest way to transfer money across borders, under a deal announced recently by Western Union and GSM Association, the main mobile phone operators' body.The agreement could have a big impact...
Richard LapperMIGRANT workers last year sent home more than $301bn (£148bn, €212bn) to their families in developing countries -- an amount nearly a third higher than previous published estimates -- according to the latest research publication.The study by the UN's...
Head of the Caretaker Government (CG) Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday said his interim regime is working tirelessly for a government truly of the people, by the people and for the people."We no longer want to endure governments 'of the money, by...
Voters on the new list in the making may be less by some ten million (one crore) than on the scrapped list of 2006 for trimming off the fakes and faults, Election Commission (EC) sources said. "The reasons for decrease...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain Wednesday said a new office would be set up temporarily so the BNP leaders and workers could meet him easily, reports UNB.BNP central office at Naya Paltan in the city remains...
Communications Adviser MA Matin Wednesday said the government would decide whether or not suspected corrupts on list would be allowed to take part in next city corporations elections, reports UNB."It depends on policy makers' decision," he told reporters at his...
FE Report Pakistan has proposed that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) set up an integrated police force similar to Interpol to aid investigations and prevent crime in the region. The initiative was suggested at an expert-level meeting,...
The government wants to amend the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before separation of the judiciary, reports bdnews24.com quoting Law Adviser Mainul Hosein Wednesday. The government has taken an initiative to amend the CrPC to give some judicial power to the...
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